Spartak Moskva keeps winning under Valery Karpin
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Spartak Moskva responded to last weeks loss to Dinamo with a overwhelming 4-0 victory over Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast.
The victory continues the extraordinary play under Valery Karpin that has seen Spartak climb to fifth in the table, winners of their last three of four matches. After Jürgen Röber’s side came close via Aleksei Ivanov’s early effort, Spartak opened the scoring as nineteen year-old Yevgeni Makeyev notched his first goal six minutes in as he accepted Vladimir Bystrov provision from the bye-line and pounded the ball in from seven metres. The end to end play continued and led by youth Spartak doubled its lead fifteen minutes later as Artem Dzyuba poached on rebound from Welliton’s effort from the right. Valery Karpin’s side continued the onslaught making it 3-0 only five minutes later as Vladimir Bystrov led a fast charging break from his own end down the right flank before an artistic back flick at top speed to Welliton to close out from eleven metres. With eighteen minutes remaining Welliton added his second of the day to complete the 4-0 triumph.
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Citizens winning streak ends
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Lokomotiv Moskva ended FC Moskva’s four match winning streak as they played to a scoreless draw.
Miodrag Božović’s Citizen’s showed the greater attacking pulse early although they were unable to close the offerings out. Solid chances fell to Zvonimir Vukić and Aleksandr Sheshukov before the break but each was lacking the needed finishing touch. While the Citizens were clearly superiour in the opening forty-five minutes gradually Lokomotiv began to probe forward with Dmitri Sychev starting to dice the Citizens midfield. After the break Lokomotiv had a perfect chance to break the deadlock as Denis Glushakov, who had just entered for Dmitri Torbinski, played in Răzvan Cociş but the Romanian international was denied by Citizen ‘keeper Yuri Zhevnov. Slowly physical play emerged and after Lokomotiv’s Marko Baša was shown a straight red relating to his challenge of Héctor Bracamonte, Vladimir Maminov adjusted his tactics to keep the Citizens under wraps. Following a late chance by Miodrag Božović’s side the match ended as a scoreless draw.
Category: Team NewsCSKA Moskva climbs to top of the table
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CSKA Moskva climbed to the top of the table with a 2-1 defeat Dinamo Moskva 2-1 thanks to Vasili Berezutskiy’s strike in added time.
Dinamo got off the mark five minutes into the match as following a simple throw-in by Marcin Kowalczyk, Dmitry Khokhlov played the ball off to Kirill Kombarov bearing down on CSKA ‘keeper Igor Akinfeev. Just as he appeared ready to sent the ball towards the net, he chipped across to the left side of the goal to his twin-brother Dmitri, who then sent the ball into the net. After entering the match only four minutes earlier Tomáš Necid brought the match even at the seventy-eighth minute via the extraordinary work of Yuri Zhirkov. The Russian international got on the end of poor clearance near the edge of the box and after working down to the bye-line past Marcin Kowalczyk and Kirill Kombarov he chipped a perfect cross to the opposite side of the six yard box for the former Slavia Praha-man to head in. The Army-Men grabbed the victory one minute into added time as Daniel Carvalho’s long cross into the box was headed-in by Vasili Berezutskiy to bring the match to its final 2-1 score.
Category: Team NewsDinamo ends losing streak against Spartak
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After two consecutive losses Dinamo Moskva broke into the winning column with a 2-0 defeat of Spartak Moskva at Luzhniki Stadium. The victory pushes Dinamo to within two points of top of table Rubin Kazan and FC Moskva.
With Aleksandr Kokorin back in Andrey Kobelev’s lineup, Dinamo withstood Spartak’s pressure and patiently waited for the opportunity to pounce. Two minutes before the half-hour mark Dmitri Kombarov’s sharp corner from the right was half-volleyed in with by power by Newell’s Old Boys-alumni Leandro Fernández for the one goal advantage. Searching for the right ingredients in his mix Valery Karpin summoned Artem Dzyuba, Clemente Rodríguez and Denis Boyarintsev for Spartak after the break but there was no way through. Finally as time ran out Aleksandr Kerzhakov’s well led pass down the left flank was chased down by Dmitri Kombarov, who out-ran the Spartak’s Sergei Parshivlyuk before crossing perfectly Aleksandr Kokorin to close-out from twelve metres.
Category: Team NewsVladimir Maminov now in charge of Lokomotiv Moskva
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Following a horrible start to the campaign Lokomotiv Moskva has released Rashid Rakhimov from his duties and appointed Vladimir Maminov as the caretaker manager.
In choosing Mr. Maminov, Lokomotiv management have wisely decided to go forward with someone who understands the soul of the club, its rich traditions and is highly respected as a leader.
This of-course sets up a much speculated move that some backroom types note has been brewing quietly, that being Yuri Semin’s return to Lokomotiv from Dynamo Kiev.
Category: Team NewsSpartak Moskva defeats Rubin Kazan 2-0
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In match-day two of the Valery Karpin-era, it is abundantly clear that Spartak Moskva is an entirely different squad under his leadership. Along with a deepened respect for the youth development Mr Karpin as instilled a sense of pride of wearing the crest that he knows so well. Following last weeks 2-0 victory Terek Grozny, Spartak management were pleased but media pundits expected the club to come out of Saturdays match-up against Rubin Kazan more black and blue than красно-белых.
Those forecasts were proven wrong today as Spartak dispatched Kazan 2-0 in front of a superb group of traveling supporters. Following a scoreless opening half in which the stormy sides of Kazan painted an ominous backdrop for the match, bursting flares from traveling fans lead the way to the Rubin goal as Austria’s Martin Stranzl found the mark four minutes in as he out-fought at least four Rubin defenders to rise high and nod in Alex’s corner. Challenges were crisp as Spartak was not going to give up any ground uncontested and very quickly it was apparent this battle was theirs to be won. Just past the hour Spartak capitalized on a over-committed Rubin side as Welliton was played a perfect though ball down the right channel and chipped the ball over Rubin ‘keeper Sergey Ryzhikov to bring the match to a 2-0 conclusion.
Category: Team NewsWeek 5 summary
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Week five of Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia continued with defending champions Rubin Kazan climbing to the top of the table after handing Dinamo a thorough 3-0 defeat.
While only a temporary solution the Valery Karpin “era” for Spartak Moskva began with an important 2-0 victory over Terek Grozny. While the victory wasn’t “convincing” and it was obvious the Spartak machine is not running on full cylinders, the return to the win column was important. Although there have been many high profile managers noted for the vacant position, Mr. Karpin’s words prior to the match has been cited as the beacon to guide the players through tumultous times. In his first decisions as manager Russian U-21 keeper Soslan Dzhanayev was handed goalkeeping duties and youngsters Yevgeni Makeyev and Artem Dzyuba entered the starting eleven. After a scoreless start to the match veteran Denis Boyarintsev was the source of the opening goal as his cross into the box was parried out by Grozny ‘keeper Andriy Dikan straight to Vladimir Bystrov to which the Russian international plowed the ball into the back of the net. Ten minutes later with Grozny exposed in the back, Spartak leap on the counter with Artem Dzyuba provided Welliton for a perfect finish from the top of the box to bring the match to the final 2-0 scoreline.
FC Moskva continued their impressive start to the campaign with a 1-0 defeat of Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast. Despite the scoreline the match featured exciting action from start to finish with both ‘keepers having a brilliant day. From the snow filled start of the day the Citizens were having trouble with Jürgen Röber’s attacking pulse, particularly the inspired play of a youthful playing Vadim Evseev and the quality work of Benoît Angbwa. After the break the action continued and after a series of advances fell for naught for both sides Miodrag Božović’s grabbed the needed goal at the seventy-sixth minute when Aleksei Rebko’s cross from the right-side was bashed in from close range by Boca Juniors-product Héctor Bracamonte for the 1-0 victory.
Tom Tomsk rewarded its home supporters fans with a 1-0 victory over Spartak Nalchik. After a number of close efforts by the host Tomsk side fall short, notably from Viktor Stroyev and Dmitri Michkov manager Valeri Nepomniachi called up for Belarus international Sergei Kornilenko for the final twenty minutes. Only seven minutes later a cross into the box was cleared poorly and headed back by Goran Maznov by Kornilenko for a close range finish. Tomsk gets ready now for a difficult test against FC Moskva whilst Nalchik welcomes struggling Amkar Perm.
In the final match on Saturday Oleg Dolmatov’s Rostov might have problems finding the score-sheet but once they proved to be a formidable defending unit. With perfect disciplined play they held Kryliya Sovetov to a scoreless draw and have only given up two strikes in the first five weeks.
Sunday’s lineup started with Amkar Perm’s first victory of the campaign as they defeated Kuban Krasnodar 1-0 via Ivan Cherenchikov’s goal fifteen minutes into the match. Following the match Krasnodar manager Sergei Ovchinnikov expressed the difficulty in playing in Amkar in respect to the substantial home support. Amkar looks to continue their winning form as they travel to face Spartak Nalchik next Sunday whilst the Cossacks welcome Lokomotiv Moskva.
CSKA Moskva devoured Khimki 3-0 with Serbian international Miloš Krasić providing three goals. (full report here).
Finally Lokomotiv Moskva held Zenit Saint Petersburg to a 1-1 draw at home. Dick Advocaat’s side had been the consensus top team in Russia in the early start of the campaign but they met their match on Sunday as Lokomotiv were stubborn defending. Two minutes before the hour mark, following a foul on Konstatin Zurianov, the Russian international free-kick into the box was headed-in by a soaring Kim Dong-Jin to give Zenit the one goal advantage. However any thoughts of returning home with three points was squashed as twelve minutes later Rodolfo, formerly of Dynamo Kyiv, got on the end of a corner that had been flicked on a sent it to the back of the net. Lokomotiv were forced to play a man-down the final eleven minutes as Marko Baša was red-carded but Zenit could not break through and the match ended in a draw. Zenit welcome Khimki to Petrovski next Saturday whilst Lokomotiv travels to face Kuban Krasnodar.
Category: Team NewsCSKA Moskva win behind Miloš Krasić three goal effort
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Zico seems to the settled with CSKA Moskva as the Army-Men devoured Khimki 3-0 in a comprehensive victory. The star-studded CSKA lineup turned to Miloš Krasić on Sunday as the Serbian international, a product FK Vojvodina’s brilliant system, littered Khimki’s nets for three goals. Five minutes into the match Alan Dzagoev’s in-swinging corner was flicked on and after digging out of his feet, Miloš sent to dead-centre of the net. At the half hour mark he scored a highlight reel goal that seemed to defy logic as after collecting Eugeni Aldonin long pass, he circumvented the onrushing Khimki ‘keeper Dmitri Borodin and just before running out of space struck the ball, grazing the near post and off the far one and in. With sixteen minutes left Moussa Maazou surged down the right flank and after his effort was pushed aside by the Khimki ‘keeper, Miloš poached on the rebound and sent it in for his third of the day.
Category: Team NewsSpartak Moskva fires Michael Laudrup
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In conjunction with Dinamo Moskva 3-0 humiliation of Spartak 3-0 in the Russian Cup as well as club’s horrible start, manager Michael Laudrup has been fired. As reported earlier this move was coming as the legendary club was not only lacking in production but playing in the style that Spartak is not use to and there have been many questions of younger players development.
In a simply worded statement the club announced his dismissal:
“Michael Laudrup has been dismissed as head coach due to our recent poor results,” the club announced in a
Spartak Moskva will now be led by the legendary Valery Karpin who as well getting the club back in order, talented young players such as Arthur Maloyan, Igor Gorbatenko and Artem Dzyuba flourish and develop.
Category: Team NewsWeek 4 summary of Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia
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Week four of Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia continued with Kryliya Sovetov and Dinamo at the top of the table.
Friday’s lone match featured Kryliya Sovetov’s 3 – 0 devouring of Khimki led by Jan Koller. Week after week the Czech veteran, best known for his years with Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, has been a consistent goal-scorer as he was on Friday opening the mark midway the opening half.
On Saturday, the first of the weekend Moskva derbies saw the Citizens easily defeat Spartak 3-1 (full match report). Elsewhere Dinamo Moskva maintained pace with Kryliya Sovetov as they defeated Rostov 1-0 with Russian international Aleksandr Kerzhakov converting from the spot with only thirteen minutes remaining (full-match report). The Cossacks of Kuban Krasnodar held Tom Tomsk to a nil draw whilst defending champions defeated Terek Grozny 2-1, led by early strikes from Sergei Semak and Alejandro Domínguez.
On Sunday the attention was focused on Luzhniki with a heated derby between Moskva between CSKA and Lokomotiv Moscow. However that failed to materialize as CSKA, led by Yuri Zhirkov and Alan Dzagoev (full-match report) rolled over Lokomotiv 4-1. Elsewhere Bosnian international Marko Topić scored with six minutes remaining to give Jürgen Röber’s Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast a 1-1 draw against Spartak Nalchik and the Petrovski faithful were denied a celebration as Zenit Saint Petersburg played Amkar Perm to a scoreless draw. Despite controlling the run of play Zenit was unable to breakthrough the final third of Amkar. With many considering Zenit as the top performing side in the early campaign, Amkar manager Dimitar Dimitrov expressed his pleasure with the result:
“We came here to put up a fight. I know, that Zenit is the best team of Russia, best team in terms of squad, tactics, way of playing – Zenit’s footballers play modern football. For me this match was a tactical fight. I have no complains about the way of playing and control of the ball to my players – they didn’t catch up against opponent in many moments. But I am very happy, that my team has reached the result.”
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